A Cautious Approach

Author: Stanley Middleton
Publisher: Cornerstone
Category: Contemporary Fiction, Adult & Contemporary Romance, Adult & Contemporary Romance
Book Format: Hardcover

Shortly before his death last year, Stanley Middleton completed this, his last novel, which concludes a unique depiction of middle-class life in 'Middle England', over many volumes and decades. Once again we are in Beechnall, the constant setting of Stanley Middleton's novels, and his sense of place and his feeling for his characters remains as strong as ever.At the heart of A Cautious Approach is a tentative love story, which begins when two lonely men meet when out walking on Christmas Day- Andy invites George home, and there he meets the captivating Mirabel, Andy's former fiancee. George has been a teacher, but ill health has deprived him of his career and confidence, and he has retrained as a postman. This chance encounter, and others that follow, have the potential to shift George's life, and soon he is drawn into a complicated set of relationships in which past knowledge and future expectation all play a part. As ever, but here for the last time, Stanley Middleton's shrewd insight quietly and cumulatively reveals the hidden subtleties that go on within ostensibly ordinary and defiantly unfashionable human lives.

About Stanley Middleton
Stanley Middleton was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire in 1919. He published his first novel, A Short Answer, in 1958 and went on to publish 45 novels in a career spanning fifty years. He was joint winner of the Booker Prize in 1974 with Holiday. Stanley Middleton died in July 2009.

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SKU BK-9780091936952
Barcode # 9780091936952
Brand Cornerstone
Artist / Author Stanley Middleton
Shipping Weight 0.4300kg
Shipping Width 0.160m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.240m
Assembled Length 24.000m
Assembled Height 2.000m
Assembled Width 16.400m
Type Hardcover

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